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side, are much larger than the others and curved. The height 

 of the body, when the pubic bone is extended, is twice and two- 

 thirds the total length. The two front teeth are triangular, and 

 by their junction form a pointed edge, the other teeth are also 

 pointed. The skin is covered with very fine velvety granulations. 

 The colour is bright green, silvery on the belly ; the second 

 dorsal and anal fins transparent, rather darker on the margin. 



Port Phillip, Port Jackson. Length two and a half inches. 



1007. ]\fotf acanthus Baudixi, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, Vol. II., p. 55. 



D. 35. A. 31. P. 13. C. 8. 



Body covered with indistinct scales of a lozenge form, each with 

 three or four spinelets. Snout very long, profile straight. The 

 distance from the snout to the orbit is one-fourth of the total 

 length. Teeth very large, the upper ones conical, and the lower 

 strongly and obliquely emarginate and forming a strong external 

 point. The ventral spine is very small and fixed, its spinelets 

 very small. The dorsal spine is situated over the posterior part 

 of the eye, it is slender and straight and its length is one-sixth 

 of the total length ; it has four series of barbs, the anterior two 

 smaller and closer together than the posterior. The caudal fin is 

 rounded, the soft dorsal and anal fins are high. Coloration not 

 mentioned. 



Victoria, Tasmania. Length ten inches. 



1008. Moxacanthus Lesueueii, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 56. 



D. 34. A. 33. P. 15. 



The body is oblong, with the upper profile of the head very 

 concave. The skin is covered with very minute and smooth 

 scales, those of the head and some parts of the body more 

 granulose. Snout thick, much rounded above, its length to the 



